Travellers on certain Singapore Airlines services can now use computer office applications including PDF Reader and Media Player by connecting their own USB devices to their in-flight LCD television monitor.
The enhanced entertainment service is offered across all three classes on the carrier”s Airbus A380 routes ” from Singapore to London and Sydney ” and on its 12 Boeing 777-300ER routes ” Frankfurt, Zurich, Milan, Barcelona, Sydney, Seoul, Melbourne Moscow, Houston, San Francisco, Paris and Hong Kong.
Photo Viewer is also available for those with digital cameras, and each passenger”s 23” LCD screen is at 1280 x 768 pixel high-resolution.
”Our immediate focus was to provide for a wide and comprehensive suite of applications,” said Singapore Airlines senior vice president product and services Yap Kim Wah. ”What you see now is only the beginning and more will be added.”
Other enhancements planned for the coming months include an interactive ZagatSurvey Restaurant and Hotel Guide allowing passengers to undertake some early research on where to eat ahead of arrival.
Other entertainment on the in-flight system includes more than 100 films, 180 TV programmes and 700 CDs worth of music and audio books.